Robo farming - A platform for unmanned agriculture

Abstract

Modernization in the field of agriculture augments day by day. The robotic control systems play imperative role in modernization of diverse fields. For farm preparation in agriculture field a system based on robots is developed, which reduces the human power. The proposed architecture has two main sections such as monitoring section and control (robotic) section. The communication between them is done through wireless technologies. The control section is constructed by using temperature sensor, humidity sensor, seed dispenser, seed storage, sprayer construction, robotic system with motors, wireless camera network, microcontroller, Zigbee transceiver and power supply. The entire system is controlled by microcontroller, which dictates the operating sequence to all networks. Here sensor outputs are processed by their corresponding embedded programs, robot driven by their internal motors in desired directions. Based on the wireless camera footages monitoring section transmits the commands for ploughing, seed sowing and spraying using LABVIEW software through Zigbee.